American journalist
Matthew Joseph Continetti (born June 24, 1981) is an American journalist and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute .[ 1]
Life and career
Continetti was born in Alexandria, Virginia .[ 2] He is the son of Cathy (née Finn) and Joseph F. Continetti.[ 3] Continetti graduated from Columbia University in 2003.[ 4] While in college he wrote for the Columbia Spectator , the Intercollegiate Studies Institute 's magazine, CAMPUS, and the Columbia Political Review .[ 4] [ 5] In the summer of 2002, he did a Collegiate Network internship at National Review , where he worked as a research assistant for Rich Lowry .[ 4] [ 6] He joined The Weekly Standard as an editorial assistant, and later became associate editor.[ 4] He is now a contributing editor to National Review .[ 7]
His articles and reviews have also appeared in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , National Review , The Washington Post , The Los Angeles Times , and The Financial Times .[ 8] He has also been an on-camera contributor to Bloggingheads.tv [ 9] and has criticized Glenn Beck as "nonsense."[ 10] He has argued the American media turned on Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign because they had blind allegiance to Barack Obama .[ 11] He has criticized American academia as uniformly left-wing .[ 12]
From October 2015 to May 2016, the Washington Free Beacon , under Continetti's stewardship, hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on "multiple candidates" during the 2016 presidential election , including Donald Trump . The Free Beacon stopped funding his research when Trump was selected as the Republican Party nominee.[ 13]
Personal life
Continetti lives in Arlington, Virginia .[ 8] He is married to Anne Elizabeth Kristol, the daughter of William Kristol , Vice President Dan Quayle 's Chief of Staff .[ 3] Continetti converted to Judaism in 2011, prior to his marriage to Kristol.[ 7] In May 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry sanctioned Continetti and barred him from entry, along with 500 other Americans.[ 14]
Bibliography
The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine , Doubleday (2006)
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star , Sentinel (2009)
The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism , Basic Books (2022)
References
^ "Press Release: Matthew Continetti Named Director of Domestic Policy Studies at AEI" . aei.org . August 29, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023 .
^ Q-and-a.org
^ a b "Anne Kristol and Matthew Continetti" . The New York Times . 2012-02-19.
^ a b c d Matthew Continetti | National Review
^ "Articles" . COLUMBIA POLITICAL REVIEW . Retrieved 2022-07-02 .
^ Richard Lowry, Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years , Regnery Publishing, 2004, p. 343 Google Books
^ a b Matthew Continetti on Twitter , April 13, 2016. "Fact-check: I converted to Judaism in 2011."
^ a b Weekly Standard biography
^ Bloggingheads webpage
^ John Nichols, The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism , Verso Books, 2011 Google Books
^ Michael Graham, That's No Angry Mob, That's My Mom: Team Obama's Assault on Tea-Party, Talk-Radio Americans , Regnery Publishing, 2010, p. 166 Google Books
^ Bruce E. Johansen , Silenced!: Academic freedom, scientific inquiry, and the First Amendment under siege in America , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 129 Google Books
^ Vogel, Kenneth P.; Haberman, Maggie (2017-10-27). "Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-10-28 .
^ "Заявление МИД России в связи с введением персональных санкций в отношении граждан США - Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации" . mid.ru . Retrieved 2023-05-20 .
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